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JAMES P. SMITH, or osHAwA, ,CQ \.1\IADA, Assiettes4 To HIMSELF ANDA FRANCIS W. GLEN, -OF SAME PLACE.`

Letters .Patent No. 80,777, dated Augustll, 1868.

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Beit known that I, JAMEsP. SMITH, now residing in Oshawa, in the county and Province of Ontario, and

Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pulleys; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had "to the accompanying drawing, making a partei' this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of u pulley embracing my improvements.

Figure 2 is an end elevation, and l Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the same, taken'in line 'z x, g. 2.

Similar letters of 'reference denote corresponding parts in all the gures.

My invention consists in forming or casting metal pulleys, with grooves or recesses inv their peripheries to receive pieces or strips of wood, or otherv suitable material, to which a leather, rubber, canvas, or other pliable facing may be secured by nails, orV other suitable fastenings, in such manner that the same may be readily applied or removed and renewed, as hereinafter-described.

In the accompanying drawing, I have represented the metal part or body of the pulley made'or cast in one piece, in a form well adapted to combine lightnessvv and strength, 4and consisting of a flanged hub or centre, A, the flanges or rims, a, being provided with the grooved ribs a', inthe grooves of which the strips of wood, b, or other equivalent material, are placed; but it will be obvious that my invention or improvement may be applied to any of the various forms of pulley in use. A A

I have shown the grooves made in dove-tail form, and extending longitudinally across the face of the pulleys, but the form and arrangement of the grooves may be varied, and simplel recesses or sockets in the face of the pulley may be found sjuilicient for the purpose. v l

The pulley is provided with a. facing of leather, or other pliable material, shown lat C, which is readily secured to the strips or blocks b by nails, or other suitable fastenings, in such manner that it may be easily removed and renewed when desired, The advantages of facing the pulley with leather or other pliable materials are well understood by those familiar withV their use. Ordinarily the pulleys have to be drilled to receive the fastenings for such facing, therebyinvolving a considerable outlay of labor and expense before the facing can be secured thereto, a diculty which is.cnt irely obviated` by my improvement, as the pulleys maybe as readily cast with the grooves or recesseslrtherein, as in the ordinary form..

Thethickncss of the facing may be varied so as to slightly vary the speed of the driving and driven-pulleys, ii' desired, the strips b a'ording a ready means of securing any required Vnumber of thicknesses or coatingsof leather, or other equivalent material, as described. i

Having new described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to'vsecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Y A metal pulley, provided with grooves or recesses in its periphery, for the purpfose set forth.

2. A grooved or recessed metal pulley, in combination with the strips or pieces b and the facing C, s'ub- Stnntizilly as described.

' JAMES P. SMITH.

Witnesses:

S. B. FAInBAuK-s, O. W. SMITH.- 

